UNC men hold steady as women move up in newest AP Top 25

We’ve reached Christmas week for 2025, which usually means the college basketball world is a little bit quiet. For instance, by the time you’re reading this the UNC men will have played their sole game of the week against East Carolina on Monday evening, and the women won’t take the court this week.

That being said, the season keeps on rolling, and it’s time for another weekly check-in on the newest AP Top 25 polls.

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Men’s Basketball

AP Top 25

Arizona (38 first place votes)

Where is UNC?

The Tar Heels’ last time out saw them narrowly emerge with a win over Ohio State at the CBS Sports Classic. With their only other game last week being a win over East Tennessee State, Carolina didn’t move at all in the newest poll, aa they remained at the #12 spot this week.

Biggest Winners

There wasn’t much change at the top of the rankings, although we’ll get to the one notable one. In the lower half of the poll, Texas Tech had the biggest jump of the week, moving up four spots as they rallied past Duke to hand the Blue Devils their first loss.

Biggest Losers

Yes, Duke losing was the most notable change in the upper half of the poll. Their defeat lead to them dropping three spots this week. However, the biggest fall belonged to Louisville, who dropped five places after getting blown out by Tennessee.

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Conference Breakdown

Marquee Matchups This Week

McNeese (10-2) at #2 Michigan (11-0) – Monday at 7:00 PM ET on B1G+

Yale (11-1) at #14 Alabama (9-3) – Monday at 8:00 PM ET on SECN+

Middle Tennessee (7-4) at #8 Houston (11-1) – Monday at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN+

(It’s, uh, a light week).

Women’s Basketball

AP Top 25

UConn (25 first place votes)

Where is UNC?

The Tar Heels had two games against small conference opposition last week and won both of them handily. Those wins, combined with some other results, allowed Carolina to climb two places this week, and they now sit at #16.

Biggest Winners

The biggest jump up of any team this week came, again, from Texas Tech. The…

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